It was his first national championship in the saloon class and came on the heels of his victory in the North Island Saloon Championship.

On Friday night, Williams will again get behind the wheel of his Mustang as he attempts to sweep the treble with a win in the Super Saloon class, a title he won in 2006.

“It’s been a great run and for sure it’s helped in keeping my mind off what’s going on (with Tiger),” he said.

“I work in a high-pressure environment as a caddie so racing’s a great release for me and always has been.”

Williams, whose team, Caddyshack Racing, is named after Tiger’s favorite movie, said he treated stock car racing as “more than a hobby.”

“People recognize me as a caddie, but I treat my racing equally as seriously as my career as a caddie,” he said.

Woods said in a statement issued on his Web site last month that he was taking an indefinite leave from golf after admitting to marital infidelity. A string of women have gone public with claims of having affairs with the world’s no. 1 golfer, who is married to Elin Nordegren, with whom he has two young children.

John Tabutt, 62, told investigators he got his gun when he thought he heard an intruder, then fired at a figure in the hallway, according to Brunelle. It was Tabutt’s live-in fiancee, 62-year-old Nancy Dinsmore, who family members say he was going to marry Saturday. Tabutt told authorities he thought she was next to him in bed the whole time.

A message left for a phone number listed for the house was not returned.

Brunelle said no charges have been filed against Tabutt, adding the information he provided has been verified and he appeared “very distraught.”

Tabutt was “very concerned about her well-being,” standing by while she was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, Brunelle added.

‘They loved each other’The couple planned to wed in a small ceremony Saturday at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Winter Springs, Dinsmore’s son-in-law Scott Sposato, of Vero Beach, told the Orlando Sentinel.